Tie for wire fencing.



110.7%,029. PATENTEDMAR.28. 1905.

N. B. HAYES.

TIE FOR. WIRE FENCING.

APPLICATION 11.31) NOV. 9, 1904.

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Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

NEIL B. HAYES, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

TIE FOR WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,029, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed November 9, 1904. Serial No. 232,001.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NEIL B. HAYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties for Wire Fencing;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being badto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a tie for joining the intersecting wires of awire fabric, more expressly designed for use in connection with themanufacture of wire fencing; and it consists in the peculiar formationhereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple, strong, and compacttie or knot capable of being driven in suitable forming-dies and adaptedto firmly unite the crossed strands of a wire fencing in a permanentmanner.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan View of a knot ortie involving my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view thereof.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tie in the position shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the tie in the position shown in Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an endelevation.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the strand-Wireof a fencing, and 2 the stay or transverse wire. These wires, as iscommon in the art, are crimped at their point of crossing to preventlateral displacement.

To unite the crossed wires so as'to bind them firmly together, a tie isemployed which is preferably in the form of a staple and the legs ofwhich, by suitable dies (not shown) that are adapted to embrace thecrossed wires, are

directed about said crossed wires and their terminals secured to formthe tie illustrated herein. WVhen the tie is in position upon thecrossed Wires, the loop end 3 of the staple will lie across and contactwith the surface of the strand-Wire, the leg I of the staple passing inthe rear of the stay-Wire and having its terminal portion 5 bentupwardly across the strand-wire and its extreme end portion 6 bentdownwardly upon the opposite side of said strandwire. The leg 7 of thestaple also passes in the rear of the stay-wire, thence upwardly acrossthe downwardly-bent end portion 6 of leg 4, and over the strand-wire ina rounded bend approximately parallel With the terminal portion 5 of leg4:, as shown at 8, the extreme end portion of leg 7 being bentdownwardly, so as to embrace the strand-wire, as shown at 9, and liecontiguous to the terminal portion of leg I, as shown in Fig. 4.

In this form of tie the end portions of the legs of the staple aredisposed of in a manner to not only firmly attach the tie to the crossedwires, but at the same time obviate an undue protrusion of said endportions beyond the plane of the tie, making a firm and compactstructure.

I claim 1. A tie for wire fencing, comprising in combination with thecrossed wires of the fabric, a staple having its loop end contacting thestrand-wire, its legs passing in the rear of the stay-wire, the terminalof one leg being bent upwardly across the strand-wire and downwardlyupon the opposite side thereof, the terminal of the other leg crossingthe downwardly-bent portion of the first-mentioned leg and also crossingthe strand wire in a rounded bend contiguous to but more remote from thestay-wire than the terminal portion of the first-mentioned leg, theterminal portion of the last-mentioned leg after crossing thestrandwire, being bent inwardly and downwardly to contact the strand-wire substantially as set forth.

2. A tie for Wire fencing, comprising in combination with the crossedwires, a staple having its loop portion engaging the strand-wire,

legs passing in the rear of the stay-wire, the warclly between thestrand-wire and the other terminal of one leg curving upwardly acrossleg of the staple and contiguous to both. 10 the strandwire and having ahook-shaped In testimony whereof I sign this specificaend which embracessaid strand-wire, the tertion in the presence of two witnesses.

minal of the other leg curving upwardly and NEIL B. HAYES. passing overthe hook-shape terminal of the Witnesses:

first-mentioned leg and crossing the strand- WVARREN W. COOKE,

wire, its extreme end portion being bent down- LEO HALEY.

